New street mural celebrates city's textile history

The artwork forms part of a Bradford-wide murals project

A new mural celebrating Bradford's textile heritage has been unveiled in the city.

The lace pattern artwork, produced by Polish street artist NeSpoon, has been painted on a wall on Church Bank, next to Bradford Cathedral.

The mural forms part of a project called BD Walls, which aims to brighten up blank walls across the city with pieces of art ahead of its year as UK City of Culture in 2025.

NeSpoon, who has been an artist for 15 years, said it had been "a pleasure" to replicate the pattern after finding it in a Bradford museum while learning about the city's history.

NeSpoon said it had been a "difficult" pattern to recreate

Speaking to BBC Radio Leeds, she said it had taken her more than three days to complete the work.

"I love the shape of the building and and we have an amazing, beautiful view of the Cathedral, so I'm very happy with it," she said.

"I only paint lace patterns so I had the opportunity to visit Bradford and learn about its textile history and to discover what they had in the past.

"It's a very difficult technique to create it. It dates from the end of the 19th Century."

Many of Bradford's textile mills sprung up during the early 1800s, transforming the city into an industrial powerhouse and helping its economy to thrive.

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